Lightweight Daily work logs that turn into real insight.

DayTrace

Early testers get hands-on setup and direct feedback access.

A personal work log that helps developers spot patterns they’d otherwise miss.

See where your time actually goes — including the interruptions that quietly derail your work.

No time tracking. No micromanagement. Just patterns you can finally see.


Built in public — tell me what I’m missing

Work disappears once it’s done

  • Prod fixes happen fast, then vanish


  • Helping others doesn’t get recorded


  • Small interruptions pile up quietly

By sprint end, memory lies


  • Only the loudest issues get remembered


  • The real slowdowns blur together

  • The same problems repeat without proof

Invisible drag becomes the sprint


  • Review waits and “quick calls” add up


  • Context switching kills momentum


  • “Unplanned work” quietly takes over

Quick check-in

DayTrace helps you keep a record of the week you actually lived — not the one you planned.

Daily summary

Sprint retro

Pattern insights

How DayTrace works

1. Capture the day — while it’s fresh

Multiple short check-ins thoughout the day help you log what you worked on and what slowed you down — before details fade.
No timers. No forms. Just quick context.

2. Get a clear daily snapshot

Your inputs roll up into a clean daily summary you can use for standups or personal reflection.
Less mental load. More signal.

3. Learn from real patterns, not memory

Over time, DayTrace surfaces recurring blockers, blind spots, and inefficiencies — grounded in what actually happened.
Clarity before the sprint slips.



Example Output

Daily Standup Summary:

Worked on

  • Investigated intermittent 500s on checkout service (prod)

  • Jumped on ad-hoc call with Payments team to debug timeout issue

  • Added temporary logging + redeployed hotfix

  • Reviewed PR #482 (delayed due to context switch)

  • Looked into flaky CI test reported by QA

Blocked / slowed by

  • Missing logs from previous deploy (needed re-run)

  • Waiting on infra team to confirm LB config

  • Multiple Slack pings during debugging

Notes

  • ~2 hours lost to unplanned production issue

  • Context switching made it hard to return to planned work

  • Original ticket work pushed to tomorrow


Sprint Retro Insight:

Recurring unplanned work

  • 5 separate production issues pulled off planned work

  • Avg interruption cost: ~1–2 hours per incident

  • Most incidents required cross-team calls

Hidden bottlenecks

  • PR reviews delayed during incident-heavy days

  • Debugging slowed by missing or inconsistent logs

  • Gateway team response times are slow; lower-environment issues typically take 2+ days to resolve.

Patterns noticed

  • Production issues cluster mid-sprint

  • Feature work frequently resumed the next day, not same-day

  • Support + Payments questions often bypass ticketing

Impact

  • ~30–35% of sprint time went to unplanned work

  • Planned stories slipped without obvious root cause

Change to try next sprint

  • Add lightweight incident log per day

  • Introduce rotating “on-call shield” for feature work

  • Standardize logging for checkout flows


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